Angle-bar.



J. H. KEISTER.

ANGLE BAR.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 19, 1911. RENEWED OUT. 14, 1913.

Patented May 5, 1914.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. KEISTER, 0F VICAR SWITCH, VIRGINIA.

ANGLE-BAR.

Application filed December 19,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN H. Knis'rnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vicar Switch, in the county of Montgomery and State of Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Angle-Bars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rail joints and one of the principal objects of the invention is to avoid the difficulties apparent in ordinary rail joints where the constant knocking and bumping of thousands of wheels passing daily over the open joints mash and wear the ends of the rails, jar the bolts loose, cut the joint ties, moving up and down until they bury themselves below the general plane of the other ties, cause the fish plates or angle bars to break, and the track to spread.

It is the object of this invention to avoid these difficulties and, broadly speaking, the invention consists in a fish plate or angle bar which, when secured to the rail, as a portion thereof flush with the tread of the rail so as to take the wheels across the joint without knocking. The angle bar further embodies bracing arms which extend over and connect with four ties, thus distributing the weight over a great area. The braces are also extended diagonally away from the rails so as to resist lateral thrust.

Further objects of the invention will appear as the following specific description is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this application, and in which 2-- Figure 1 is a top plan view. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a similar section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 and 2 represent the separate rail ends to be connected and 3, 4, 5 and 6 the ties over which the angle bar 7 extends and upon which the rails 1 and 2 are adapted to rest. The rails are provided with apertures extending through their webs in the usual manner and a suitable fish plate 8 is clamped to the inside of the rails by means of the bolts 9 which pass therethrough and through the apertures in the rails. Mounted upon the ties 3, 4, 5 and 6 is an angle bar or fish Specification of Letters Patent.

1911, Serial No. 666,649. Renewed October 14, 1913. Serial No. 795,171.

plate 7 which is provided with a base flange 10 overlapping the base flanges of the rails and with the tread portion 11 which rises over the base flange 10 to apoint flush with the tread of the rails. This raised portion extends on opposite sides as a joint between the rails for a considerable distance and is adapted to receive the wheels of the rolling stock and prevent the same from knocking at the oint. Formed integral with the member 7 are bracing arms 12 which extend downwardly and outwardly from the tread portion 11 and which are provided with feet 13 which are secured to the ties 3 and 6 the member 7 have their flanges secured to bv means of spikes 14. The fish plate 8 and the ties 4 and 5 by the usual spike 15 or in any other suitable manner. It will be noticed that the member 7 together with its arms 12 spreads over a considerable area and, in other words, takes in four ties and the arms being arranged diagonally away from the rail to prevent any lateral thrust and a consequent separation of the rails and the track.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, is

In a device of the class described, the combination with supporting ties of rail ends to be connected resting between two adjacent ties, a fish plate arranged on the inside of the rails, an angle bar arranged on the out side of the rails, means for securing said bar to ties on opposite sides of the joint, a tread portion carried by the angle bar and being flush with the tread of the rails, arms forming extensions of said bar and projecting from opposite ends of the same and extending diagonally away from and across the rails said arms being free of the rails and of the two adjoining ties, attaching feet on the ends of the arms, .1" eans for securing the same to ties on opposite sides of the firstmentioned ties, and means for securing the fish plate and angle bar to the rails.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN H. KEISTER.

Witnesses:

J AS. A. HAWLEY, E. H. CHARLTON.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commiasioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

